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EAA FIGHT ON ATC PRIVATIZATION MOVES TO FULL HO– USE Your help needed soon on this bad deal for grassroots aviation The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Thursday night narrowly approved HR 4441, the Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act of 2016, sending it to the full House. As EAA has maintained

Members of Chapter 17 visited the Remote Area Medical’s newly-purchased airstrip in East Tennessee this week. EAA Chapter 17 Young Eagle volunteers met with Remote Area Medical volunteers as part of a safety briefing to inspect the runway and staging area in preparation for our flying Young Eagles on February 20 at RAM ‘s new

Student Pilot Certificate — not a note from your doctor any more The FAA published an update to its student pilot certificate application process in the Federal Register 12 JAN 2016 that includes major changes how the certificates are issued. Aviation Medical Examiners will no longer issue a combination medical certificate and student pilot certificate. Student pilot

Trevis Gardner of Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority talked about the Smoky Mountain Air Show coming to the McGhee Tyson airport in April. We were invited to hear the behind the scene planning required to invite an estimated 160,000 – 200,000 spectators over a two day weekend, featuring the Navy Blue Angles jet aerobatic demonstration team. The show is

January 4, 2016 | Chapter 17 Meeting There was no business meeting conducted. The purpose of the January Chapter 17 Meeting was to learn about the upcoming Smoky Mountain Air Show, from the MKAA Operations side, and discuss the role of volunteers at the event. The meeting began at 7:00 PM, with welcome by Bill Marrison,

I am encouraging all our members to attend our February 1st meeting where we will be celebrating our 60th anniversary of our EAA chapter 17. Jerry Depew is working hard behind the scenes to make this a nice celebration to remember. He has invited several of the original members and officers (founding fathers) to attend and share their

YOUR EAA CHAPTER 17 IS HAVING A 60th BIRTHDAY PARTY! By Jerry Depew You are invited to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of EAA Chapter 17 with us on Monday, February 1st, 6:30 PM at Sky Ranch airport. Our Chapter was born January 1st, 1956 at Sky Ranch airport (then Cox Skyranch) and we are now one of